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or he was just not factual in what he said, because the united nations has absolutely zero, zero, i mean zero ability, to order or to tell or to -- i mean, they can suggest. but they have no legal capacity to tell the united states to do anything under this treaty. nothing. >> tonight, many disability rights advocates are saying politics trump the welfare of the disabled everywhere. seven-term democratic congressman of rhode island is among the many supporters of the u.n. treaty, the first quadriplegic person to serve in the u.s. house. before yesterday's vote he talked with former senator bob dole in the senate chamber. the congressman joins me now. you voted for this treaty. you joined senator mccain and kerry earlier this week calling for its ratification. why do you think it's so important? >> first, anderson, thank you for having me on the program. thank you for paying attention to this very important issue. this issue is important, not just for people here in the united states, but most especially for people around the world who don't yet enjoy the same protections that people -- d
or he was just not factual in what he said, because the united nations has absolutely zero, zero, i mean zero ability, to order or to tell or to -- i mean, they can suggest. but they have no legal capacity to tell the united states to do anything under this treaty. nothing. >> tonight, many disability rights advocates are saying politics trump the welfare of the disabled everywhere. seven-term democratic congressman of rhode island is among the many supporters of the u.n. treaty, the...
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it's a major -- look, i go to my family reunion, it's like the united nations. i'm going, i don't recognize a lot of these people here. my mom says, no, that's your cousin. really? okay. >> that's a good dialogue to have. >> very talented young woman. >> she can't give it away. abby, no cliff notes. you have to watch sunday. >> i'm not going to tell you. what's wrong with you? 8:00 pm on sunday, our documentary "who is black in america" will air. i'm going to be live, tweeting the show as well, along with russell simmons, who will be tweeting. feel free to join us on twitter as you sit on your couch and watch our doc. >>> still ahead a family that lost everything in superstorm sandy except they didn't lose each other. story of a teenager who bravely jumped into the waters to swim for help, saved his family. we're at walmart with the simmons family. how much is your current phone bill? four sixteen seventy six a month! okay, come with me -- we're gonna save you money. with straight talk at walmart, you get unlimited talk, text and data for only $45 a month per ph
it's a major -- look, i go to my family reunion, it's like the united nations. i'm going, i don't recognize a lot of these people here. my mom says, no, that's your cousin. really? okay. >> that's a good dialogue to have. >> very talented young woman. >> she can't give it away. abby, no cliff notes. you have to watch sunday. >> i'm not going to tell you. what's wrong with you? 8:00 pm on sunday, our documentary "who is black in america" will air. i'm going to...
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later on today, president morsi is scheduled to address nation. we're not sure what he's going to say, but certainly this is a president that's under tremendous pressure to cool the situation down and unite this country, because there's all sorts of evidence that this is a country that's divided and things could get worse if something doesn't change. we're overlooking the presidential palace right now, in front of the palace, you have a large group of supporters of the president that have gathered. a block away, you have anti-morsi protesters looking on. these are two sides that went at it last night. they literally brawled in front of the palace. more than 400 people injured, five people killed. and the question today, will those clashes take place again? the tanks have moved in to protect the palace. i wouldn't read too much into that. there's no indication that the military is going to inject itself into this conflict. no indication that they've picked sides in this conflict. but certainly, they're showing their presence in an effort to calm th
later on today, president morsi is scheduled to address nation. we're not sure what he's going to say, but certainly this is a president that's under tremendous pressure to cool the situation down and unite this country, because there's all sorts of evidence that this is a country that's divided and things could get worse if something doesn't change. we're overlooking the presidential palace right now, in front of the palace, you have a large group of supporters of the president that have...
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he performed at a white house charity event which raises money for children's national medical centers. he apologized after a video surfaced of him taking place in a protest concert against the united states. it was a decade ago in which he rapped about slowfully and painfully killing u.s. military members and their families. >> this is reassuring. the u.s. government is now trying to settle nerves about the world possibly coming to an end in a couple weeks. the government official website published a blog titled "scary rumors about the world ending in 2012 are just rumors. manufacture the rumors involve the mayan call an der ending in 2012. the world will not end on december 21st, 2012 or any day in 2012. >> how do you know? >> because the government tells me so. you have to come to work. >> trust the government. >>> late night last night, snl taking a leap off the fiscal cliff. take a look. >> in order to get the support of the speaker, i agree there will be no tax increases. i repeat, zero tax increases. now why would i do that? i mean i won the election. i had the leverage. why giv
he performed at a white house charity event which raises money for children's national medical centers. he apologized after a video surfaced of him taking place in a protest concert against the united states. it was a decade ago in which he rapped about slowfully and painfully killing u.s. military members and their families. >> this is reassuring. the u.s. government is now trying to settle nerves about the world possibly coming to an end in a couple weeks. the government official...
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. >> kimerly has traveled the world investigating war crimes for the united nations, searching for mass graves in places like yugoslavia and peru. have you done just this area, or has -- all of it? >> all of it. >> reporter: her team used high-tech equipment to scan into the ground. all the red you see suggests the location of possible grave sites. but we won't know for sure unless exhumations are ordered. florida state officials won't comment until they can review kimmerly's findings. >> these are children who came here and died for one reason or another and quite literally have been lost in the woods. it's about restoring dignity and helping -- if not putting a name to them, at least marking them and acknowledging they're here. least marking them and acknowledging that they are here. >> the anthropologist studied historic records and discovered a discrepancy, boys are missing. her brother was sent here in 1940. he dreamed of playing guitar. the 14-year-old had a musician's soul and was shipped to the reform school and her family never saw him again. the school said that he ran away an
. >> kimerly has traveled the world investigating war crimes for the united nations, searching for mass graves in places like yugoslavia and peru. have you done just this area, or has -- all of it? >> all of it. >> reporter: her team used high-tech equipment to scan into the ground. all the red you see suggests the location of possible grave sites. but we won't know for sure unless exhumations are ordered. florida state officials won't comment until they can review kimmerly's...
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. >> kimberly has traveled the world investigating war crimes for the united nations, searching for mass graves in places like using slav ya and peru. >> have you done just this area, or all of if? >> all of it. >> they used high-tech equipment to scan into the ground. the red suggests the location of possible grave sites, but wet won't know for sure unless exhume magss are order. florida state officials won't comment until they review her findings. >> these are children who came here and died for one reason or another and quite literally have been lost in the woods. it's about restoring dignity and helping -- if not putting a name to them, at least marking them and acknowledging they're here. >> the ant paul gist studied historic documents and public records and discovered a disturbing discrepancy, boys unaccounted for. >> this was about the last pictures we had of him. >> her brother was sent here in 1940. she said owen smith dreamed of playing guitar at the grand ole opry in nashville. he had a musician's soul. he was shipped to reform school for stealing a car. she never saw him agai
. >> kimberly has traveled the world investigating war crimes for the united nations, searching for mass graves in places like using slav ya and peru. >> have you done just this area, or all of if? >> all of it. >> they used high-tech equipment to scan into the ground. the red suggests the location of possible grave sites, but wet won't know for sure unless exhume magss are order. florida state officials won't comment until they review her findings. >> these are...
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let's dig deeper with former ambassador to the united nations, bill richardson. i traveled with him to north korea exactly two years ago. ambassador, you have been to north korea a few times. what's the motive here, what are the north koreans trying to achieve? >> well, anybody that speaks with certainty about north korea totally unpredictable state, here are three scenarios that i potentially see. one, the new leader, kim jong-un wants to send a message domestically that he presides over a powerful military and space operation. secondly, that that space launch failed and this one will not. another reason might be the presidential elections in south korea, which are december 19th. maybe they want to influence or disrupt them. the third is the traditional north korea action to get attention. here we are. we've been out of the headlines, middle east, gaza, rockets there, we're back. and this is what we're capable of doing. those are the three potential reasons that i see. one most likely being kim jun jung-il. he wants to show his people that he governs a powerful
let's dig deeper with former ambassador to the united nations, bill richardson. i traveled with him to north korea exactly two years ago. ambassador, you have been to north korea a few times. what's the motive here, what are the north koreans trying to achieve? >> well, anybody that speaks with certainty about north korea totally unpredictable state, here are three scenarios that i potentially see. one, the new leader, kim jong-un wants to send a message domestically that he presides over...